Custom Cool – Adam Nestor’s “Sporganic”

Sporganic isn’t a new build it was originally built in 2012 and there were only glimpses of the finished product available. This is due to the creators dislike of anonymous social media comments, desk jockey designers, and Trollers. So working with Sweden’s MCM bike magazine, he kept things strictly offline. Three years later Adam has softened his views on the Internet, although not the plebeian commenters, and we can see his creation in full color and at the touch of our fingers.

“The initial idea was to build a woodie-inspired bike, so it was named the ‘Project Woodie Sportster,’ says Adam from his shop during an early Swedish summer. “I started off by acquiring an ‘88 Sporster 1200cc engine from my neighbor who runs a company called Sportster Specialist here in Rävlanda.” Adam’s vision was to build a bike with organic (wood), with rounded shapes and a rear suspension that placed a shock absorber between some old-school split tanks.

“So, I started to build the front. I’d been toying with the idea of a springer setup, but I wasn’t really sure how I was going to pull it of. Would I make it from scratch, source an old unit or buy one new? Then I found myself surfing the net. I found the ideal fork design from a photo of a ‘40s hillclimbing bike. It was perfect. And then a bit more of a search on Germany’s Wwag.com turned up gold.”

“I though the engine cases looked too new, so I sourced a set from a 2004 sportster that I then redesigned to get a rounder shape. Basically, there’s four rows of fins that have been removed to get the look I was after.” Finished with an S&S carb, jets he made himself and choke controls.

The front hub was hand made from scratch (unlikely but hey when they say it who are we to argue) and the rear wheel is off of an old Triumph that Adam widened to get the look he wanted. “The saddle was a different challenge altogether. I wanted it to look like an old bicycle seat with a underside that allowed you to see the springs and frame. Once I had managed that, I made myself the leather cover and the aluminum supporting plate.”

All of the smaller parts were made by Adam, including the bars, foot rests, front hub, headlight and tail light and even the paint. He also finished off the sweet tanks, the right one for fuel and the left for oil and electrical odds and ends. As a final touch, Adam revisited his original ‘woodie’ idea by asking his dad, a carpenter by trade, to create a set of wooden grips. The final look with the antique green, cream, leather, wood and brass touches has a wonderful nostalgic feel. It also met that “organic” aesthetic Adam had targeted with the project while thankfully getting away from the over the top “woodie” idea.

“The bike was completed in January, 2013. At the end of 2013, I was nominated for a ‘Bike of the Year” award. I was blown away when I actually won. I also took home ‘Best in Show’ at the 2013 Custom Motor Show in Jönköping.”

Adam was quick to point out that the bike was never intended to be a daily rider. “No, you can’t go on vacation through Europe on it and there’s nowhere to mount a GPS. That’s not why I built it. I built it because I wanted to create something completely original. Yes, the bike is perhaps more art than vehicle, but it’s also amazing to see in the flesh and I’m extremely happy with it how it turned out.”

The bike is now in the hands of a private collector in Sweden. We definitely think it is a unique and interesting motorcycle. Not sure how I would feel straddling that shock setup, or if that seat can actually be used to sit on.

[Photos by Daniel Abrahamsson] [Quotes Source: Adam Nestor]